Associations to the word «Rickettsiales»

Wiktionary

RICKETTSIALES, proper noun. A taxonomic order within the class Alphaproteobacteria   — the rickettsia bacteria etc.

Dictionary definition

RICKETTSIALES, noun. Pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms.

Wise words

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